Hard to say, but it appears minimal and mostly intranet bandwidth. Only rarely goes out to the internet. I get a nice monthly report from Ting, but I don't see much complexity in what it gathers.
I'm learning a lot about how well the Ecoflow batteries handle house power when I switch to battery power. For example, when I print something on my laser there is a distinct drop in power when the laser starts up. I have a small battery backup that usually buffers the power drop, but the other day the equivalent of a circuit breaker trip occurred in the Smart Home Panel. Ting told me the current in the house dropped to 82 volts. Enough to set the warning. It's a little disappointing. I see the power drop slightly in the switch overs from grid to battery and back as well. I might try reducing the load (i.e. fewer house circuits) on the batteries and see if that reduces the impact.
I appreciate you trying to take electrical seriously but with that being said, this couldn’t work like they are making it seem like. It could only track voltage on that one circuit which may or may not be effecting the whole house. They also could only detect arcs on that one plug circuit from that plug to the panel or the main wires feeding the panel. It is very misleading. If you want, detect all the arcing in your home and have it turned off before any fire happens, have all of your circuit breakers art fault, circuit breakers. It prevents the fires from happening and it will let only you know that by turning the circuit off instead of sending a notification to a company. Obviously you did a good job already mentioning that but I just wanted to add clarity if I could. Your friendly neighborhood electrician. To answer your question about the difference between Ting and the arc fault breaker is that thing seems to have the same sensing features as the arc fault breaker, but it does not turn off the circuit. The arc fault breaker will turn off, so that a fire doesn’t happen . Ting could only let you know of arcing on that circuit or the main wires coming in but not do anything about it. You can install them in your home. You would just need a two pole arc fault breaker if they are sharing neutrals. If they are sharing neutrals, you should have a two pole anyway whether there is regular or arc fault.
18 Nov 2023 - Why do you believe you needed to do an "unboxing" - that makes no sense. Your very hesitant dialogue while doing that made you seem uncertain of yourself. By the way, State Farm offers TING for free.
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How much data does this thing use from my already lousy internet service?
Hard to say, but it appears minimal and mostly intranet bandwidth. Only rarely goes out to the internet. I get a nice monthly report from Ting, but I don't see much complexity in what it gathers.
how did it go with the ting? i just got it.
I'm learning a lot about how well the Ecoflow batteries handle house power when I switch to battery power. For example, when I print something on my laser there is a distinct drop in power when the laser starts up. I have a small battery backup that usually buffers the power drop, but the other day the equivalent of a circuit breaker trip occurred in the Smart Home Panel. Ting told me the current in the house dropped to 82 volts. Enough to set the warning. It's a little disappointing. I see the power drop slightly in the switch overs from grid to battery and back as well. I might try reducing the load (i.e. fewer house circuits) on the batteries and see if that reduces the impact.
@@johnc-techc5612 so the ting is worth having? Has it detected other issues?
I appreciate you trying to take electrical seriously but with that being said, this couldn’t work like they are making it seem like. It could only track voltage on that one circuit which may or may not be effecting the whole house. They also could only detect arcs on that one plug circuit from that plug to the panel or the main wires feeding the panel. It is very misleading.
If you want, detect all the arcing in your home and have it turned off before any fire happens, have all of your circuit breakers art fault, circuit breakers. It prevents the fires from happening and it will let only you know that by turning the circuit off instead of sending a notification to a company. Obviously you did a good job already mentioning that but I just wanted to add clarity if I could. Your friendly neighborhood electrician.
To answer your question about the difference between Ting and the arc fault breaker is that thing seems to have the same sensing features as the arc fault breaker, but it does not turn off the circuit. The arc fault breaker will turn off, so that a fire doesn’t happen . Ting could only let you know of arcing on that circuit or the main wires coming in but not do anything about it. You can install them in your home. You would just need a two pole arc fault breaker if they are sharing neutrals. If they are sharing neutrals, you should have a two pole anyway whether there is regular or arc fault.
18 Nov 2023 - If you had done your review at counter level (most kitchens have outlets) - you would have moved along a bit more confidently.
Me thinks Craig could be an asshat 😮
18 Nov 2023 - Why do you believe you needed to do an "unboxing" - that makes no sense. Your very hesitant dialogue while doing that made you seem uncertain of yourself. By the way, State Farm offers TING for free.